Hekou Travel Guide

I think the most dramatic border crossing (no troubles really just as far as contrast from one side to the other) that I have ever been through. I can't get over how different Vietnam and China are just by crossing an invisible line. Hekou is a nice enough town to walk around. There is a little supermarket, some parks and restaurants so you won't go hungry. We took an overnight bus to Kunming. The landscape on the bus trip was beautiful. There is a grumpy border gaurd going into China. He yelled at me and said it wasn't me in my passport. Called my photo fat (even though I have always been skinny.) Then the other lady working there yelled at him and then he let me through. So I think he does that to everyone. Apparently he yelled at the person I was with because he said "Ni-how" (don't know how to spell it) but it means hello in Chinese. he said- "If you don't speak Chinese fluently don't speak it at all." Grouchy...